Day 35 Last day in Agde

Unfortunately our final day has arrived. Cap d’Agde has worked out surprisingly well for us, but without bikes we decided to do our own things today.

My choice - I walked to Palais des Congrès hoping to go inside, but all the doors were locked tight. There was a sign with a number to call, but my SIM card has expired so I was out of luck.

I headed next door to the Casino. The “guard” was super serious - asked for my ID, can’t imagine why, and said photos are “strictement interdict.” I didn’t want to mess with him, hence no pics.

I rarely go into Casinos so don’t have much to compare this one to, but it was lovely - ultra modern, light jazz playing - my fav - and about 30 people seriously focussed on their slot machines. There was an adjoining restaurant with the same aesthetic design and an enclosed room for smokers - looked pretty serious inside.

From there I wandered past the Centre International de Tennis hoping to see if PB had reached this far afield, but it was locked up tight - either that or I didn’t venture far enough to find the right entrance. Seems lots of places close down in Sept/Oct - but having very few tourists is a real plus as far as I’m concerned.

From there my destination was Musée d’Éphebe - must say I was impressed. It’s an archaeological & maritime museum with statues from the Roman/Greek period - most notably L’Ephèbe d’Agde, an ancient bronze sculpture discovered in 1964 in the Hérault river near Agde - hence the name of the museum. It also has ancient artifacts dating back 2,000 years, and lots of videos of scuba divers and their finds. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay long as we only had 1 set of keys and Peter was waiting for his excursion out. On the way back I meandered along the Promenade for one last look.

As I wandered about, I noticed a certain branding everywhere - white on white- so lovely.

Peter’s final tour was more practical - checked out the bus stop for tomorrow, disposed of our bottles - lots of wine & beer - and searched out where & why we got lost a few days ago - seems we missed a critical tunnel. He also happened upon Agd’Aventure, a totally natural fun park for kids. The grandkids would love it.

Everywhere we’ve been in France there have been great parks for kids, especially here in Agde - huge water slides, amusement parks, nature parks like Peter found. Wish we had more of these back home.

Tomorrow we head to Paris for 2 days then home. Loving our time here and realizing it’s more fun to bop about from place to place, we’ve planned a few more adventures - San Miguel March 2 - 18, Tucson March 19 - April 1, then possibly Florida . . . . .

Now that we’ve hit our golden 75th & 80th, we’ve decided we have to continue to enjoy each moment - and keep on trekking. 🏃🏼🏃‍♀️🚴‍♀️ 🚴🚣 🚣‍♂️ 🤩🤩Read more